This learning story was also answering the question"How can we support early literacy in Toddler room?". It also reminded me of Rahmats learning story in our books "Kei tua ote pae' where the child was using his cultural tools (snakes), familiar part of his home life to connect with his early literacy at the centre to communicate his knowledge and skills. In this learning activity I was supporting social and communicating skills which are important in developing early literacy. I also posted this learning story on the centre's blog to inform parents and other teachers at the centre that cultural based resources such as dolls, phones give children a basis for literacy learning. We now have a lot of these ( cell phones) in our room which have been donated by the parents and most of the children enjoy using them in their pretend play.